Comments for Sustainable Manufacturing in China http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec A weblog about green technologies - not only for manufacturing engineers Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Why oil is like toothpaste, sometimes by admin http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2010/07/20/why-oil-is-like-toothpaste-sometimes-by-dr-richard-farr/comment-page-1/#comment-14158 admin Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:44:57 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=1455#comment-14158 Very Interesting. Muh haha~ Very Interesting. Muh haha~

]]> Comment on ‘That’s pushing it’ – Social aspects of Sustainability by Fips http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2010/03/28/%e2%80%98that%e2%80%99s-pushing-it%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-social-aspects-of-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 Fips Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:31:05 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=1409#comment-1668 Shame that you didn't trust yourselves to press the button and see what happens! Though presumably your second suggestion is the right one. However, just a word of caution on the legislation front: even when this is in place, it doesn't necessarily follow that it will be logical or reasonable. A relative's business in the UK was investigated under some terms of some act (I'm afraid I don't speak legalese) and told it was in breach of equal opportunities legislation for issues such as not having wheelchair access at the front of the building. Being a nursing home, the premises were of course equipped with a ramp and so forth, albeit to the rear of the building, which was apparently unsuitable for employees. Their arguments, that hiring someone in a wheelchair to help another person in a wheelchair to take a bath was farcical, fell on deaf ears. Ultimately they had to close the small, family-run nursing home, on the grounds of being unable to afford to renovate and modify the old building in order to comply with the pretty unnecessary demands of the legislation. Shame that you didn’t trust yourselves to press the button and see what happens! Though presumably your second suggestion is the right one.

However, just a word of caution on the legislation front: even when this is in place, it doesn’t necessarily follow that it will be logical or reasonable. A relative’s business in the UK was investigated under some terms of some act (I’m afraid I don’t speak legalese) and told it was in breach of equal opportunities legislation for issues such as not having wheelchair access at the front of the building. Being a nursing home, the premises were of course equipped with a ramp and so forth, albeit to the rear of the building, which was apparently unsuitable for employees. Their arguments, that hiring someone in a wheelchair to help another person in a wheelchair to take a bath was farcical, fell on deaf ears. Ultimately they had to close the small, family-run nursing home, on the grounds of being unable to afford to renovate and modify the old building in order to comply with the pretty unnecessary demands of the legislation.

]]> Comment on Poster competition by Carsten Tietje http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2009/02/21/poster-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Carsten Tietje Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:37 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=447#comment-1662 Dear Maureen, Ningbo is only a 3h-drive away from Shanghai and we have got a Green Roof on our campus as part of the award-winning <a href="http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2008/09/25/a-new-research-centre-at-the-university-of-nottingham-ningbo-china" rel="nofollow">CSET </a> building. Please feel free to get in contact with me (e.g. via e-mail). Carsten Dear Maureen,

Ningbo is only a 3h-drive away from Shanghai and we have got a Green Roof on our campus as part of the award-winning CSET building. Please feel free to get in contact with me (e.g. via e-mail).

Carsten

]]> Comment on Poster competition by maureen hanvey http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2009/02/21/poster-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 maureen hanvey Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:56:34 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=447#comment-1660 would love to have a copy of these pieces from your university. would love to make friends with some of you students and compare notes. china in at the beginning of its green roof industry. ireland is also in that position. we are coming to shnaghai in may. kind regards maureen Please get in touch would love to have a copy of these pieces from your university. would love to make friends with some of you students and compare notes. china in at the beginning of its green roof industry.
ireland is also in that position. we are coming to shnaghai in may. kind regards maureen

Please get in touch

]]> Comment on I am impressed! IMECHE China Mainland Finals by Carsten Tietje http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2010/03/08/i-am-impressed-imeche-china-mainland-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 Carsten Tietje Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:23:50 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=1227#comment-1659 Dear Robert, Unfortunately I cannot give you an answer to your question as I was not involved in the decision making process. Dear Robert,

Unfortunately I cannot give you an answer to your question as I was not involved in the decision making process.

]]> Comment on I am impressed! IMECHE China Mainland Finals by Robert http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2010/03/08/i-am-impressed-imeche-china-mainland-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 Robert Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:33:20 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=1227#comment-1655 Dr. Tietje I have watched this match. I think our students' English, presentation skill and question handling are much better than the two students from the agricultural university. But why we didn't get the first prize? Dr. Tietje
I have watched this match. I think our students’ English, presentation skill and question handling are much better than the two students from the agricultural university. But why we didn’t get the first prize?

]]> Comment on Learning Chinese – xuexi Putonghua by J... M... http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2009/07/16/learning-chinese-xuexi-putonghua/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 J... M... Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:19:44 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=1066#comment-1616 <em>Unfortunately I receive quite a bit of spam. Now I thought I share this one with you because at least and for once it does fit to the post (of course I have removed the links and email):</em> I may very well be spending time in mainland China within a year or two, so I'd like to learn simplified Chinese. I'm by no means fluent at this point, but so far I have no complaints about this book. It's straightforward, concise, and though I haven't used it heavily for reference so far, it seems to be organized well. If you got here after saying to yourself, "I want to learn simplified Chinese but nobody I know has any suggestions for doing so. Where should I start? Maybe I'll just do a search on Amazon and see what comes up," you won't regret buying this book. (Note that this book doesn't teach grammar structures, just characters.) Unfortunately I receive quite a bit of spam. Now I thought I share this one with you because at least and for once it does fit to the post (of course I have removed the links and email):

I may very well be spending time in mainland China within a year or two, so I’d like to learn simplified Chinese. I’m by no means fluent at this point, but so far I have no complaints about this book. It’s straightforward, concise, and though I haven’t used it heavily for reference so far, it seems to be organized well. If you got here after saying to yourself, “I want to learn simplified Chinese but nobody I know has any suggestions for doing so. Where should I start? Maybe I’ll just do a search on Amazon and see what comes up,” you won’t regret buying this book.

(Note that this book doesn’t teach grammar structures, just characters.)

]]> Comment on Netbooks by Carsten Tietje http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2009/07/11/netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Carsten Tietje Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:33:10 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=1030#comment-1414 Dear Joost, Just to let you know I have actually bought the Samsung and so far I am very happy with it. The battery lasts for way more than 4 hours which exceeds my requirements. I read somewhere that an anti-relfection coating is not really necessary, however, I now think it could be useful especially when working outside... Carsten Dear Joost,

Just to let you know I have actually bought the Samsung and so far I am very happy with it. The battery lasts for way more than 4 hours which exceeds my requirements. I read somewhere that an anti-relfection coating is not really necessary, however, I now think it could be useful especially when working outside…

Carsten

]]> Comment on Netbooks by Sustainability guide Climatarians http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2009/07/11/netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Sustainability guide Climatarians Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:37:30 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=1030#comment-1055 Hi Carsten, thanks for sharing that with us. Your choice seems to be good. Probably the most important criteria for choosing portables are the effective battery backup time and upgradeability. When on the move, nothing could be more frustrating than running out of battery power. You don’t want to be stuck with the same features either. So these two are really important. Thanks for the nice post! Joost Hoogstrate Hi Carsten, thanks for sharing that with us. Your choice seems to be good. Probably the most important criteria for choosing portables are the effective battery backup time and upgradeability. When on the move, nothing could be more frustrating than running out of battery power. You don’t want to be stuck with the same features either. So these two are really important.

Thanks for the nice post!

Joost Hoogstrate

]]> Comment on Film crew visiting the engineering division by Sustainable Manufacturing in China » Blog Archive » Film about the Ningbo and Malaysia Campuses http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/2009/02/24/film-crew-visiting-the-engineering-dvision/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Sustainable Manufacturing in China » Blog Archive » Film about the Ningbo and Malaysia Campuses Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:31:00 +0000 http://gus.nottingham.edu.cn/blogs/green-tec/?p=628#comment-542 [...] In that context, the engineering division at UNNC is also featured, which is the result of the camera team’s visit last year. [...] [...] In that context, the engineering division at UNNC is also featured, which is the result of the camera team’s visit last year. [...]

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